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neaaeca 4 Application filed October 23, 1916.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NILLiAM d. CIPRA,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented. certain new and usefulImprovements in Collars, of which the following is a specification. Thisinvention relates to apparel collars, and has as its primary object toprovide a collar which may bewattached to the ordi` nary shirt neck bandwithout theuse, however, of buttons either for the purpose of at tachingthe collar or Lfor closing the said neck band at the front.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an apparel Acollar having atone side of its front, means for not only attaching the collar to theneck band of a shirt, but to so construct and arrange this means that itwill serve also as a substitute for the collar button ordinarilyemployed at the front of the neck band.

The invention also aims to provide novel and eicient means forconnecting the ends of the collar at the Jfront thereof, which means mayserve also as a supporting means for the. necktie applied to the collar.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of an apparel col-Vlar embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the front portion of thecollar;

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken also through the front of a shirt neckband and illustrating the manner in which the collar is connected withthe neck band at the front ofthe latter;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but taken through the back of thecollar and the back of the neck band.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the band of the collar, whichband is providedv with a'terminal flap 2 corresponding to the long flapof the ordinary collar and with a flap 3 whichy corresponds to thevshort lap of an ordinary collar. 'Ihe lower edge of the band at the rearside of the band is out away, as indicated by the numeral 4, and

within the out away portion is provided' with an attaching tab 5approximately triangular in shape and connected with the said edge bymeans of arelatively narrow shank portion 6. As stated, the tab 5 issubstantially triangular and it, therefore, has a relatively narrow'entering end or point and the portions ofthe upper edge of CLLAB..

Specification of Letters atent. Patftmledl SQTG. hlt, lll/lill VillaSerial No. 127,227.

Fig. 1 vof the drawings it will be observed 1 that the attaching tab 5is located substan-` tially within the out away portion land vthat theshoulders 'l occupy substantially the .saine position as the rearbuttonhole in the .ordinary collar. While, as stated, the attaching tab5 is substantially triangular in form it is preferable that itsshoulders 7, or, in other words, its upper edge portions, be inclineddownwardly and inwardly toward the shank 6 so as to further insureagainst separation of the tab Jfrom the neck band after having beeninserted through the buttonhole 8.

The flap 2 of the collar is provided with a buttonhole, indicated by thenumeral 10, the purpose of which will be presently enplained. rIhe flap3 is formedvin its lower edge with a cut away portion l1 narrower thanbut corresponding to the cut away por- -tioni at the back of the bandand within the out away portion 11, the said Hap 3 is provided with anattaching tab 12 substantially of the same shape as the 'attaching tab5, the tab 12 having shoulders 13 corresponding to the shoulders 7 andhaving a shank 14C corresponding to the shank 6. IIhe tab 12 is designedto beinserted through the buttonholes at the front of the shirt neckband which buttonholes are indicated by the numeral 15 and by referenceto Fig. 3 ci' the drawings it will be understood that as the shank laextends through both buttonholes the neck band will be held closedwithout the employment of the-ordinary collar-but ton and that,furthermore, the tab 12 will serve as a means for attaching orconnecting one end of the collar with the said shirt band. The flap 3 isfurther formed with an incision 16 which extends downwardly from theupper edge of the said flap and along a curved line in the direction ofthe lateral v edge ot' the flap and the formation ot this incisionresults in a locking tab 17 which, due to the fact that the incisionextends alone,1 a

` curved line, projects or entends upwardly ldd l lil l wardly andoutwardly through the said slit,

the collar has been applied inl the manner heretofore described the flap2 thereof may be brought into overlapping relation to the ap 3 as inapplying ther ordinary collar and the tab 17 .may be inserted throughthe buttonhole 10 in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,.therebylocking the endsof the collar in overlapped relation. It will beunderstood, of course, that inasmuch as the locking tab 17 projectsupwardly after' its insertion through the buttonhole end, a necktie maybe engaged over the said tab and 'be thus supported against slipping'downwardly with relation to the collar.

Having thus described the inventionwhat is claimed as new is: Y

1. An article of wearing apparel having a neck encircling portionpnovided at its ends with flaps to be overlapped, one of said iiapshaving a longitudinal, slit and the other flap being provided with a tabfor insertion up- 'the last-mentioned iiap having a shouldered attachingtab at its lower'portion, the shouldes being inclined toward the shankof the ta 2. A -collar having its band provided at one end with a flap4having a slit formed therein, said slit extending longitudinally of theband, the band at its other end having a Hap provided in its upper edge'with a downwardly extending incision providing a tab extending upwardlyand toward the flap and adapted to pass upwardly' and outwardly throughthe said longitudinally extending slit in the first-mentioned Hap, thelower edge of the second-mentioned iiap inwardly of the said incisionbeing cut away at spaced points to provide a downwardly projectingshouldered tab for insertion through the buttonholes at the front of ashirt neck band.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

WILLIAM J CIPRA. [1.. s.]

